November 28th - Reflection

Micah 4:1-5 (NRSV)
A promise of peace
In days to come
the mountain of the Lord's house
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be raised up above the hills.
Peoples shall stream to it,

and many nations shall come and say:
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction,
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between many peoples,
and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more;
but they shall all sit under their own vines
and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid;
for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

For all the peoples walk,
each in the name of its god,
but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
forever and ever.

Reflection
It's so wonderful to have an open invitation for all people to something so wonderful that a few people have witnessed. God is like this. We witness our relationship with God and it's so wonderful we can't help but to invite other's into the same relationship.

When the movement catches on, people flow towards that relationship with God, not one by one, but like a river of water, bubbling over the rocks and tumbling down the falls. We would go through anything to climb that mountain to see the house of God. We would do anything to be with all the people who have discovered the walk with God and one another in their life.

The focus of society would change. Our focus would now be on new life and growth in relationship of love with God and one another. No more reason for fussing and fighting with each other. Our focus would be laser beam on the love of God in and through Jesus our Savior. War is gone and all our efforts would be towards peace and love and helping those in need.

It's so wonderful to have an open invitation that results in dramatic change. Thanks be to God!


Prayer
Lord, we hear people speak of change on this earth, yet they speak of small incremental change which in the end sometimes appears to be no change at all. But the change you propose is open to all and the focus is all around the love your have shown us in Christ Jesus. That's change that will change the world. Change that makes so many people excited that they flow like a river to be involved and understand how to emulate that love to you and to all others. Change that brings peace and joy and love. We look to Jesus to see that change and follow him in love ... today ... tomorrow ... and forever. --- Amen